Day 1 On the first day, I started with 2 half sheet cake pans, 2 white mixes, and a pound cake. I made the 3 cake mixes as the directions stated separately then mixed together. Next I poured into silicon lined half sheet cake pans. After cooling the cakes completely I tightly covered them and … Read more
I started this Lightening McQueen Cars birthday cake with a two layered rectangular chocolate mud cake , a steak knife and a toy car to look at /copy. Off I began carving bit by bit , little by little …. until I was finally satisfied with the shape. I can tell you, I thought at many … Read more
I’ve been having fun playing with making homemade cakes for a few years now, and I had a really fun idea for my youngest daughter’s first birthday. She loves Tigger from Winnie the Pooh so I took my plain old puzzle cake set that contained 24 cupcakes of various shapes that make 3 generic animal … Read more
I had made an Elmo cake for a friend and was then asked to make another one, a week before I was asked if I could do a Mickey Mouse instead! Panic stations, lots of sad looking Mickeys later and this was the end result. This a double layered vanilla cake, filled with chocolate butter-cream. … Read more
I think my love of fun birthday cakes probably began with my Mom’s homemade Barbie princess cakes! I have 2 boys so thrilled to finally make a princess cake! To make this cake, I used a 5″ Sofia doll and wrapped the bottom in Saran Wrap to protect the dress. I baked 3 cakes – … Read more
My best friend was having a little girl and asked me to make her baby shower cake for her. When I asked what kind of theme she wanted for the cake she gave me the widest category there is: princess. Well at first I had no idea what I should do for the cake and … Read more
A lady messaged me and asked if I could do a Mad Hatter Teacup ride for her 6 yr old daughter’s birthday, she had just came back from Disney and loved the ride. I said I’d try but since I haven’t been to Disney I had to look it up to see what it looked … Read more
I did this Cars spiral birthday cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He is a big fan of the Disney Pixar film ‘Cars’ and when I asked him how he wanted his birthday cake, he immediately said ‘Lightning McQueen’. He already has some small toy Cars characters from the film so I thought of putting them … Read more
My daughter chose a doll cake (with shark, yes I said shark, cupcakes) for her 6th birthday. Not only had I never made a cake like this but there were a large amount of little guests ( boys and girls) that were coming. Yikes! I did want it to be a surprise so I did the … Read more
I had a lady call me asking if I could make a Mater cake for her 15 year old daughter. I have actually never made a 3D cake like that before, so I wasn’t sure I would be able to do it. I just bought a small square pan, a 6x6x2, and baked 2 loaf … Read more
I was asked at the very last minute by my son to make a surprise birthday cake for his best friend and could I incorporate his favorite things, his favorite movie as a kid, Cars, with Mater being his favorite character, his favorite games, Skyrim and Minecraft and his favorite series, Sherlock. Now his birthday … Read more
I did this Chip ‘n’ Dale birthday cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. He was not interested in any cartoons till 20 months until he saw Chip n Dale cartoon. Along with him, I became a huge fan of those cute little chipmunks. So I decided to make his 2nd birthday special with his favorite character. … Read more